Best 5 Korean New Year Recipes!!

Lunar New Year is one of the two biggest holidays for Koreans. Everyone takes time off during the Lunar New Year to visit family and relatives throughout the country. And for many Koreans, another big part is to prepare Jaesa (제사) – a table full of food offering to their ancestors. Around the Lunar New Year in 2015, I was invited to talk about this tradition among others at KBS World Radio. Here is the link if you want to learn more about how the table is prepared and the meaning of the Jaesa ceremony.

Our family will not be preparing any Jaesa sang (offering table) for our ancestors but we will definitely be making some Tteok Guk/Ddeok Guk and also some other side dishes that are traditionally prepared for the Korean New Year party or gatherings. So I thought I would do a quick write up and share the best 5 Korean recipes for New Year that are my favorite – mostly based on authentic and traditional Korean lunar New Year dishes but also some modern dishes that will create a great menu altogether.

#1 BEST Korean New Year Recipes : Tteok Guk (Rice Cake Soup)

CHOOSE one Korean Rice Cake Soup – TIP: if you are going to make Kalbijjim or any other meat dish, make the rice cake soup on the right that uses anchovy stock. Then, it’s not so heavy altogether.

Oh, yes, Happy Lunar New Year to you too!! Yay!! So happy that you found a Korean grocery store that’s somewhat near.. 🙂 Please let me know if you have any questions on what to buy. Hope you get some goodies~~ thanks so much!

Oh, I know – I really don’t miss the cold weather and the traffic.. 😉 But yes, we do have some great food in Korea don’t we?? Hopefully you can make some of it yourself and enjoy it at home. Happy New Year!! Thank you!

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–Nutritional Facts in my recipe cards are provided as an estimate and may not be accurate. Due to different brands of ingredients having different nutritional values, the values I provide here may be different from your preparation. – MSG & Corn Syrup FREE – these are never used in my recipes – Gluten Free recipe assumes you are using gluten free soy sauce (since many soy sauces contain gluten or wheat).